Display case



June 9, 1931. J. P BERTRAM ET AL 1,809,155

DISPLAY CASE Filed Nov. 22, 1928 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 I NVENTO RS JOCOZLPBGT'tTQm THEIR ATTORNEY A ham Berliner June 9, 1931.

J. P BERTRAM ETAL DISPLAY CASE 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed Nov.

' 'INVENTORS I Wig/z Abrahamfierlimr THEIR ATTORNEY Patented June 9, 1931 TOySI-IURON OPTICAL. COMPANY, INC., orfenfnnymfnfnwroan,aiconro ta r oirfor NEW YORK "nIsrLArcAsEf" Application filed November '22, "1 928. iS erial'J ToI 321426;

v This invention relates to a display case for eyeglasses, with more particular reference to the type of eyeglass including movable nose guards and finger pieces for operating them,

5 and has for its object 'toaiford a simple'and practicable construction that will securely hold such an eyeglass andpermit easy positioning or removal thereof.

In a more specific aspect, the invention has for its object to afford a case that will permit displaying the design and all details of I an eyeglass in the most effective manner while at the sime time supporting the lenses in a way that prevents likelihood of their 5 breakage. I 1

' Another purpose of the improvement is to provide a structure especially adapted to finger piece eyeglass-es, with an arrangement that permits quick and easy positioning of an 20 eyeglass and facilitates its sired, while serving to retain the frame securely in the case and to obviate accidental displacement" or removal.

WVith these ends in v1ew,the invention consists in the form and arrangement of parts that will appearclearly from-the following description when read inv conjunction with the accompanying drawings, the novel features being pointed out in the claim following the description. V In the drawings: 3 o

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a display case embodying the invention, and in closed position; g I

Figure 2 is an end View showing the case partly open;

Figure 3 is an end view with the case closed and the fastening member disenga ed Figure 4 is a similar view showing the fastening member engaged to hold the hinged sections of the case closed;

Figure 5 is a plan view o-fthe casewhen fully opened, showingthe cover,v portions thrown back to expose the interior of the case, the position of the eyeglasses appearing in dotted lines;

Figure 6 is a sectional view, partially ting them to: engage around and broken away, on line 66 of Figure 5;

Figure 7 is a sectional view on line 7 -7 of 1 Figure 5 with the velvet lining removed,'and

removal'when de-" Figure'8 is'aflsectiona'l view throughone of the pockets with the velvet lining po sition and aneye la ss franiemountedin the:

pocket." 0 1 In the embodiment of'the invention he/rein illustrated, the display case comprisesjtwo sections land 2 which are hinged together in any suitable way, the seotion l havinganex tension or flap '3 carrying a fastener 4 engages a cooperating fastening device nto hold the sections. of the case-closed.

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' Each section 51 and *2 is provided a series of; eyeglass 1 receiving pockets which be formed in convenient way as for instance by a series of cardboard units or laminations built up to form-the side and-end walls-ofrthepocket, 'asdesignated at 6. The

side "wall extending along the'inpp'er side of;

each pocket" is provided addiitio'n'ally withfia 1 I spring-like or.yieldable-strip 7w'hich maybe ofcardboard or other suitable material-and,

affords'a yieldab le support for the lenses or V for the lens frames of an eyeglass.

i ln ord r 'to etain theeyeglasses 1n the p,ooket,imeansis provided at the center of each pocket, preferably adjacentto the up-= per side wall, such means preferably consisting of a transverse wall or'post S-thathas an I overhanging top 9 affording a shoulder at each side, as shown in Figures? and 8'. The entire pocket including the yieldable' sup porting strip 7 and the center retaining post 1 i is covered suitably with a' lining of velvet or other desired material, as designated-at 10.

' 11 designate'cover portions also of velvet or similar material secured along one edge of the sectionsl and 2 and adapted to protect the eyeglasses in the several compartments when the case is closed; The cover portions j llare thrown back, as shown in Figure 5,

.to display the eyeglasses within the ease, and

to permit their removal.

.be moved away from each other and permitunder the overhangingtop 9"of the post'8, as shown in Figure 8. When in this position, the lower,

In positioning an eyeglass of type the a are operated in the same fashion 1 I I edges of the lenses rest at the bottom of the pocket while the upper edges rest upon the yieldable supporting member 7 surmounting the upper side wall of the pocket.

Thus the eyeglass is efi'ectively and completely displayed without anything to ob struct a view of all: its parts, and is positioned in the same position as when worn, while the lenses are supported in such a way as to protect them against breakage and the frame is held tightly by the retaining post, so that v accidental vented.

While the invention has been described with reference to a particular form, it is not confined to the details herein -disclosed,' and thisapplication is intended to cover such displacement is effectually pre vmodifications as may come within the intent of'the improvements or the scope of the followingclaim. r i

We claim:

A display case for finger-piece eyeglasses ,having a pocket comprising side and end walls, a strip attached to one of the side walls and inclined upwardly away from said wall affording a springlike yieldable support on which the lenses are adapted to rest, a re taining wall arranged transversely of the pocket adjacent to said yieldable support, and an overhanging top portion on said retaining wall adapted to overlie the movable Iguards of an eyeglass when the latter are rought into yieldable engagement with the sides of said retaining wall and therebyto hold the lenses against said yieldable suprt. c In witness whereof, we have hereunto signed our names. I

' JACOB P; BERT-RAM.

ABRAHAM ,BERLINER. 

